Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache web servers which is employed to cache the output code of script apps. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could boost such an Internet site up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and whenever a website visitor opens some web page, the script connects to a database in order to get some content, after that the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that's the case with sites which show identical content at all times, such actions result in excessive reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the already compiled program code and delivers it any time visitors browse an Internet site, so the database does not have to be accessed and the program code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, which consequently lowers the website loading time. The module could be quite efficient for informational Internet sites, blogs, portfolios, etcetera.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Web Hosting
You can use APC with each web hosting plan that we offer since it is already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you just a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. Since our system is extremely flexible, you will be able to run websites with various system requirements and decide if they will use APC or not. For instance, you can activate APC only for one release of PHP or you can do this for several of the releases running on our platform. It's also possible to choose if all Internet sites using a certain PHP version will use APC or whether the latter will be active just for selected sites and not for all sites in the web hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you'd like to employ a different web accelerator for some of your Internet sites. These customizations are carried out without difficulty by using a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.
APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can use APC for each script application that runs on your new semi-dedicated server because the module is already installed on the cloud hosting platform where the account will be generated. Activating or deactivating APC for the account requires a single click inside the Hepsia Control Panel, but if necessary, you can use the module just for certain sites. This is possible as a result of the versatility of our cloud platform - different releases of PHP run on it simultaneously, so with a php.ini file placed in a website folder, you can select what release will be used for this specific site and whether APC should be enabled or disabled. Employing such a file enables you to use settings which are different from the standard ones for the account, so you can take full advantage of APC for a lot of scripts where the module can make a difference and not for others where you could use another type of web accelerator.